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Knowing how trains are performing, and what may be wrong with them, is crucial as operators strive to improve fleet reliability The ability to monitor how locomotives and trains are performing, as well as how their drivers handle them, gives...

A total of 11 out of the 25 winning entrants of the government’s £9.4 million First of a Kind (FOAK) 2020 competition to provide a better, more reliable and efficient railway for passengers and freight users are being supported...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has set out his ‘Plan for Jobs’, to spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak. However, while going for ‘shovel-ready construction projects’ to boost jobs, he completely ignored the Department for Transport’s...

With 14,000 members split between eight regions and participating in events, overseas visits, training courses and good old-fashioned ‘networking’, it was time to improve the public face of YRP. A new website was needed, but what form should it...

Lockdown and social distancing have forced companies to work in new and different ways, favouring those with skilled, versatile and adaptable workforces. The current Coronavirus epidemic has challenged all businesses across the UK in a way that none can have...

Trainees need to learn from their supervisors and managers, so how does that work during lockdown? Network Rail has a well-respected graduate training programme, during which trainees visit, work with and learn from different departments and projects around the railway....

Over the last year, rail regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) identified and responded to almost 40 cases where it felt that the conduct of a train company in Great Britain was potentially harming the interests of...

In response to the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced that it will provide up to £9 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams. These emergency measures will be in place...

Whether working from home or being furloughed, the combination of loneliness and fear of the unknown makes this a stressful time. Looking after our mental health is as important as our physical wellbeing. Polly Rivers has been talking with colleagues,...

COVID-19 is an awful disease that has killed a lot of people. But what is it like to actually suffer it, and survive? Kirsten Whitehouse has worked with RailStaff for several years, as exhibition manager for Railtex and Infrarail with...